Overview
Career outlook
Employers hire BSN-prepared registered nurses for direct patient care as well as roles requiring expanded leadership, research, and community-health competencies across nearly every healthcare setting.
Getting in
What Illinois State University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
Mennonite College of Nursing prelicensure BSN. Freshman direct admit: minimum 2.50 GPA (middle 50% admitted 3.07 to 3.65), preferred filing period Aug 1 to Nov 1, fall start only, select Nursing (BSN)-Prelicensure as major; no essay, recommendation or interview listed; CNA not required but strengthens the application. Internal/transfer applicants apply separately (fall: Jan 15 priority, Jan 31 close for Normal; spring: Sept 1 window) with 2.50 GPA and at least 58 credit hours including nine prerequisite courses with C or higher. Freshmen 4 years, transfers 2 years; drug test, background check, physical and immunizations required.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Paths
Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.
CNA to BSN
CNA BSNBridge from frontline care to a four-year nursing degree, with your patient-care hours working for you.
- Time
- 4 years
- State
- All states
California State University, Fresno
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Georgia CNA to RN Pathway
CNA BSNStart as a Certified Nursing Assistant in Georgia and earn your Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Georgia State. Begin patient-care work in weeks, then ladder into a four-year BSN that prepares you to sit for the NCLEX-RN.
- Time
- 4 years
- State
- GA
University of Texas at Arlington
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People
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
Find your next step.
Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.